Keerai Thoran / Palak Keerai Thoran / Spinach Cooked in Coconut Gravy – Quick & Healthy Sidedish for Rice

This is a healthy yet tasty dish which can be served with rice..I can assure you that it can be made with in 15 mins. Amma makes this for us often, since it is so healthy……So please try this yummy dish..Hope you like it..

Keerai Thoran Recipe

Ingrediants:

Spinach / Palak (any spinach) / Keerai – 3 cups chopped

Salt to taste

Water to cook spinach

For Grinding:

Coconut – ½ cup

Garlic – 2 cloves

Shallots / Sambar Onion – 2 peeled

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi -1 tsp

Dry Red Chilli – 2

For Tempering:

Oil- 1tblspn

Mustard seeds / Kaduku -1 tsp

Urad Dal -1 tsp

Method:

Grind all ingrediants given in the list to a fine paste.

Add spinach to a kadai along with salt and water and cook for 5 mins.

Now add in the ground masala and mix well. Cook for 5 more mins.

Now heat oil and add mustard and urad dal and mix well. Pour this over the gravy and mix well.

Serve hot with rice

Keerai Masiyal – Healthy Sidedish for Rice

This is what amma made for us when we are kids..She used to make this atleast 2 times a week. A really really tasty dish which is extremely healthy too..Hope you like it..

Keerai Masiyal Recipe

Ingrediants:

Spinach (any variety ) – 1 bunch

Shallots / Sambar Onion - 3

Garlic – 5 cloves

Ghee – 1 tblspn

Salt to taste

Method:

Wash the spinach well and chop into small pieces. Take it in a pan and add about a cup of water.

Add in salt, garlic, onion  and cook for 5 mins untill the spinach is cooked and completely wilted.

Now cool this down and take it in a blender and make into a fine puree.

Transfer to a bowl. Heat some ghee and pour over the top.

Serve this with hot rice..